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Author(s): Martha Malamud
ISBN(s): 9781138781979, 1138781975
Edition: 1°
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Year: 2016
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1138781975 
ISBN 13: 9781138781979
Author: Martha Malamud

Martha Malamud provides the only scholarly English translation of De Reditu Suo with significant notes and commentary that explore historical, literary, cultural, and mythical references, as well as commenting on literary allusions, the structure, diction, and style of the poem, and textual issues. De Reditu Suo provides fascinating insights into travel and communications networks in the rapidly changing, fragmented world of the fifth century. A substantial introductory essay explores Rutilius’ place in several intellectual and literary traditions, as the poem is a sophisticated piece of literature that both draws on the rich tradition of classical Latin poetry and reflects the distinctive formal features of late antique poetry. The poem also conveys the thoughts of a man passionately devoted to Rome and its cultural heritage, enmeshed in the tumultuous political and social upheaval of his day, caught between his hopes for Rome’s restoration and his fear of its disintegration. With line-for-line translation from the Latin and a scholarly introduction, extensive notes, and comprehensive bibliography, Martha Malamud makes this important text accessible and relevant for students and scholars in Classics, Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, Medieval Studies, and Ancient History, as well as independent readers with an interest in the literature of the period.

Rutilius Namatianus Going Home De Reditu Suo 1st Table of contents:

1 Introductory Essay
Background
The sack of Rome
Life of the author
Pagan or Christian?
Structure and content
Prosody and style
Summary of the poem
Rutilius’ itinerary22
Literary influences
Selves and others
Enemies
The Jewish inn-keeper
Monks
The Lepidi
Stilicho
Maps and orientation in the Roman world39
Notes
2 Going Home
Book 1
Rutilius addresses the reader and explains his reasons for leaving Rome
Rutilius’ farewell to Rome
Embarcation
The voyage begins
Rutilius describes an ancient statue of a fertility god, then lands at Centumcellae
Rutilius and his companions land at Portus Herculis and discuss the family of the Lepidi, who seem to breed a traitor in every generation54
Rutilius stops at Falesia, sees a festival for Osiris, and meets a hateful Jewish inn-keeper
Rutilius learns that his close friend, Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, has been appointed to the prefecture of Rome, the high office Rutilius himself had recently held
Rutilius passes the island of Capraria, inhabited by monks
Rutilius is visited by his friend Victorinus
He passes the tiny island of Gorgon, inhabited by a Christian hermit
Book 2
Leaving Pisa, Rutilius switches from the eye-witness view of the traveler to describe the shape of Italy as a whole
The geography of Italy
The crimes of Stilicho
Arrival at Luna
Notes

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